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Eos Airlines has announced that it has secured a second round of institutional investment, which will enable the airline to expand its fleet of 757 aircraft in preparation for new routes in 2007. Eos, which launched innovative premium class-only service between New York and London in 2005, announced that new expansion capital of $75 million has been raised from both current and new institutional investors.

The new funding will help underwrite the acquisition of additional aircraft, as well as continued product and service innovations. Eos‘ dedication to personal service and its specially configured 757‘s, redesigned to carry 48 guests in suites with horizontal beds and 21 square feet of personal space, has earned the loyalty of a growing segment of trans-Atlantic travelers.

source: Business Wire

Qantas will let passengers use mobile phones in the air but only if it is sure the chat and chimes will not drive others to another airline.

South Australian flights next year will be part of a trial to test if passengers want to make and receive calls, emails and text messages – or if they would just like some peace and quiet.

source: News.com.au

Austrian Airlines will start regular flights from Vienna to the northern Iraqi city of Arbil twice a week from December 11, nine months after it abandoned a similar plan.

Austrian, the first European carrier expecting to launch scheduled flights to Iraq, said it saw the capital of the country’s Kurdistan region as a secure destination.

source: Airwise

Dubai-based airline Emirates has become the first airline to allow its passengers to use personal mobiles onboard. Under the deal with telecom company AeroMobile, the airline will introduce the new facility from January 2007 with a Boeing 777.

source: Sawf.org

Continental Airlines Inc. can provide free wireless Internet access to its top customers at Boston’s Logan International Airport despite the objections of the agency that runs the airport, the Federal Communications Commission ruled.

source: The Age 

The newest nonstop flight is to operate from Nov. 17 to April 10, three times weekly in each direction.

On days the nonstop flight does not operate, American said it will continue to fly its current schedule to Montevideo via Buenos Aires, Argentina.

source: The Business Journal

Frontier’s “Fly 3 Get 1 Free” deal greatly reduces the usual number of miles required to redeem a free flight. Passengers must belong to ‘Frontier’s EarlyReturns’ loyalty program and fly three roundtrips between LAX and SFO between November 1, 2006 and February 28, 2007 to earn the free LAX-SFO ticket, which must be used by May 31, 2007.

source: Earthtimes.org

Advertising watchdog on Wednesday criticised Irish airline Ryanair for promoting millions of “zero fare” flights that actually cost passengers up to 21.70 pounds.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the low-cost airline should have made clear that people would have to pay taxes and other charges on all tickets.

It upheld a complaint from Ryanair’s rival Monarch Airlines and ordered the Dublin-based company to drop the TV commercials.

source: Reuters

The marriage between SN Brussels Airlines and Virgin Express has resulted in the birth of Brussels Airlines, a new generation of airline. The new product line-up of Brussels Airlines meets the real needs of a new generation of both business and low-cost travellers : flexibility, service and timesaving for the former, and the lowest fare guarantee for the latter.

The new name is a perfect description of Brussels Airlines’ activities, because, from its home base at Brussels Airport, the airline connects the capital of Europe with over 50 European destinations as well as several intercontinental networks.

source: boarding.no

Bmibaby announced last week that travelers can now fly from Birmingham International Airport to Glasgow and Faro as well as Murcia. There will be four flights a week to Murcia and three flights a week to Faro with reduced fares.

source: Costablancaleader.com